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9657842
  • Title
    Helen Carter photographs and negatives of launch of Roberta Sykes' discussion paper, Redfern Aboriginal Medical Centre
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXA 7752
    ON 728
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    7 September 1988
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    9657842
  • Physical Description
    1 album (13 photographic prints) - gelatin silver - 21 x 26 cm
    22 negatives - acetate - 35 mm
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Roberta (Bobbi) Sykes (1943-2010) was an author and poet who became a national political figure as the executive secretary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972. Although not of Australian Aboriginal descent, she was a lifelong campaigner for Indigenous land rights, as well as human rights and women's rights. Dr Sykes was the first black Australian to attend Harvard University in the 1980s and received a PhD in education. She was awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal in 1994 in recognition of her decades of campaigning for Aboriginal rights. She also worked as an adviser in Aboriginal health and education.
  • Scope and Content
    PXA 7752
    13 black and white photographs (includes 1 duplicate) of the launch of Roberta (Bobbi) Sykes' discussion paper, "Issues affecting older Aboriginal people" (Sydney : Commonwealth Office for the Aged, 1988), held at the Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern, NSW. Photographs are corner mounted in a ring-bound booklet, title on cover "Launching of a discussion paper by Dr Roberta B Sykes, Opened by Mr Peter Staples, Minister for Housing and Aged Care. Photographs by Helen Barnes, Secretariat." Subjects include Peter Staples, Ron Riley, Dr Roberta Sykes, Jenny Bedlington, and Aviva Lowy. Includes proof sheet for the negatives.


    ON 728
    22 black and white negatives of the launch of Roberta (Bobbi) Sykes' discussion paper, "Issues affecting older Aboriginal people", held at the Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern, NSW.
  • Access Conditions

    This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - Applies to negatives at ON 728
  • Copying Conditions
    In copyright:
    Copyright holder:: Helen Carter
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, and Courtesy Helen Carter
  • Description source

    Title based on title from negative sleeve provided by creator.
  • General note

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are kindly advised that this collection includes images and names of people who have passed away.
  • Date note

    Date from negative sleeve provided by creator.
  • Creator/Author/Artist
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